About the Authors

Wolfgang Poeppl

wolfgang.poeppl@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Harald Herkner

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heinz Burgmann

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tom Pustelnik

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard Mooseder

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Tropical Medicine, Military Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Theresia Popow-Kraupp

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Monika Redlberger-Fritz

Affiliation Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WP HH HB TP GM. Performed the experiments: WP MRF. Analyzed the data: HH WP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRF TPK TP GM HH. Wrote the paper: WP HH HB TPK MRF.